Bone and Skin, two millers thin, Would starve us all, or near it; But be it known to Skin and Bone That Flesh and Blood can't bear it. - John Byrom

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Bone and Skin, two millers thin, Would starve us all, or near it; But be it known to Skin and Bone That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.

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About John Byrom

John Byrom (29 February 1692 – 26 September 1763) was an English poet.

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